Ariados 6/168 · Celestial Storm

Celestial Storm is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on August 3, 2018. The printed size is 168. This checklist is longer, at 187 cards. Ariados is 6/168, in position 6 of 187 on this checklist. Before it is 5 Spinarak, and after it is 7 Treecko. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Ariados is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 70 HP. In the Pokédex this is Ariados (#168), generation 2 (Johto). The card says it evolves from Spinarak. In this catalog that name is Spinarak (#167).

Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this card. The same name is on 721 other cards in the catalog.

Ariados (#168) has 17 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 16 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2026. The earliest other card is Ariados 27/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare Holo. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 12 other cards of Ariados list a different HP.

The attack Reactive Poison lists 20+ damage. The cost is Colorless. This attack does 50 more damage for each Special Condition affecting your opponent's Active Pokémon. Spider Trap is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Grass. You may switch 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon with their Active Pokémon. Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Asleep and Poisoned. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It spins thread from both its rear and its mouth. Then it wraps its prey up in thread and sips their bodily fluids at its leisure."

I keep a set binder for Celestial Storm, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Celestial Storm set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Ariados can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards. I still need this card.